"I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

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"I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision."

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"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

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"Throughout the human history millions have died because of the kings and the queens, because of the presidents and the prime ministers, because of the Caesars and the duces, because of all these little charlatans with big ego!"

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"An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly contrary to all that humanity calls right or even just, the historians produce a saving conception of 'greatness.' 'Greatness,' it seems, excludes the standards of right and wrong. For the 'great' man nothing is wrong, there is no atrocity for which a 'great' man can be blamed."

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"History is full of paths and the most useful, the most rational paths for humanity is mostly empty!"

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"No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities."

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"True, other countries are helping us. Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."

Nation

"But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most."

Money

"But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely."

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"You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains."

Rhetoric

"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."

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"As for myself, I was never against Russia."

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"Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years."

"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

"History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give wrong decisions, they vote for the wrong persons! And history also shows us that in the end they pay a heavy price for it!"

"If somebody tells you 'History will never forgive you,' just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won't be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!"

"Throughout the human history millions have died because of the kings and the queens, because of the presidents and the prime ministers, because of the Caesars and the duces, because of all these little charlatans with big ego!"

"An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong."

"History is full of paths and the most useful, the most rational paths for humanity is mostly empty!"

"Faraday has the Cage, Tesla has the Coil and Magee has the Sandwich!"

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"I believe politicians should always remain realistic."

"In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation."

"I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed."

"No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities."

"True, other countries are helping us. Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."

"But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most."

"But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely."

"You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains."

"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."

"As for myself, I was never against Russia."